He thought he could avoid being interviewed in Beijing, but when he got off the plane, he was surrounded by reporters from major media outlets.
Obviously, Lu Zhou underestimated people's enthusiasm for virtual reality technology.
Almost as soon as the plane landed and he stepped out of the gangway, the reporters with their cameras and cannons had already blocked the surrounding road.
Reporter from the South China Morning Post: "Professor Lu Zhou! Is the news that Star Sky Technology has made a breakthrough in virtual reality technology true? "
Lu Zhou: "Look at the official website."
Reporter from The Sun: "Professor Lu Zhou! We learned that the Swiss National Neural Network Research Center is also engaged in related research. Two months ago, your institute poached an important researcher from them. Is this considered academic theft — "
Lu Zhou: "Please interview Professor Lumiere yourself. Is this considered academic plagiarism? Please look at the serial number of the thesis and patent. I look forward to more professional questions next time."
BBC reporter: "Hello, Academician Lu! Is Dr. Z from the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study? We noticed that he published a thesis on virtual reality technology on arXiv a month ago. Can you tell us why he has been doing academic activities anonymously? "
Lu Zhou said, "I don't know, maybe because these recording pens are too annoying."
BBC reporter: "Oh."
In the end, under the escort of the airport police, Lu Zhou finally got into the car at the entrance, leaving the crazy reporters behind.
Lu Zhou leaned back in his seat and fixed his collar. He then complained.
"How did these people find out about my itinerary?"
Lu Zhou changed his itinerary at the last minute, and he even bought a ticket at the airport. How could he be caught by the reporters?
The expression on Wang Peng's face was also a little ugly. For security personnel like them, this was undoubtedly a major mistake.
"Maybe there's something wrong with the airline … I'll look into it."
Lu Zhou: "… No need."
He had developed a keen sense of smell for the sake of sponsored partnerships, so there was no need to make things difficult for those people.
Wang Peng didn't respond. He looked into the mirror and asked.
"Where to?"
Lu Zhou looked at the time on his watch and spoke after thinking for a while.
"It's still early. Let's go to the University of Jin Ling."
Wang Peng: "Where's the luggage?"
Lu Zhou said, "Put it in the car first."
Wang Peng nodded, turned the steering wheel, and drove toward Jin Ling University …
…
Jin Ling University.
At the end of the corridor of the mathematics building.
Looking at the face that appeared at the door of the office, Assistant Zhao was slightly stunned, so much so that he stopped his work.
Seeing how Zhao Huan was staring at his face, Lu Zhou subconsciously touched his face. After confirming that there was no dirt on his face, he hesitantly spoke.
"… What's the matter?"
"Nothing …" Zhao Huan shook her head and said embarrassedly, "I just didn't expect you to come to school today."
When Lu Zhou heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Lu Zhou was ashamed. He had said countless times that he would focus on teaching this year. He tricked his juniors into signing up for his number theory elective course. In the end, other than the first two classes, his PhD students were still the ones taking care of the entire course.
However, this couldn't be helped. After all, he was really busy.
Lu Zhou coughed and tried to cover up the topic of why he suddenly came today.
He then said, "Call the PhD group for me, and also Professor Chen Yang. Tell them to come to my office."
When Zhao Huan heard the task given by the professor, she quickly nodded and picked up the phone on the table.
"Okay, I'll tell them right away."
…
Lu Zhou called everyone one by one, and soon, everyone arrived.
The first to arrive was his eldest student, He Changwen. He had a notebook in his arms, two books, and draft paper in his hands. He was also carrying a computer bag on his back. He rushed in from the outside, looking very slovenly.
Actually, he couldn't be blamed.
When he received the call, he was in the library writing a thesis.
When Assistant Zhao told him that Lu Zhou had an important task for him, He Changwen didn't even bother to clean up before he rushed over from the library.
Professor Lu remembered that he had been working in this office for so many years. His junior had been promoted from a graduate student to a PhD student. Professor Lu finally remembered that he had an important disciple, and he was going to entrust him with an important task. He couldn't help but cry.
Finally!
I've been waiting for this day!
He strode into the office and looked at Lu Zhou, who hadn't spoken yet.
"Professor! Tell me, what important task do you want me to do? I'll do my best to complete it! "
Lu Zhou looked at He Changwen and paused for a second. He then smiled and spoke.
"Don't worry, wait for your juniors to come, I'll tell you later."
He Changwen paused for a second.
"… There are other people?"
"Yeah." Lu Zhou looked at him strangely and said, "Is there a problem?"
With a forced smile on his face, He Changwen said with an awkward expression.
"… No, nothing."
Lu Zhou didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt like his disciple's enthusiasm suddenly disappeared.
The office door opened, and Han Mengqi walked in with a textbook in her arms. She looked at Chen Wenxuan and the professor and asked in a quiet voice.
"… What's up?"
"I have some tasks for you guys …" Lu Zhou looked at Professor Chen Yang and several other students walking in. He smiled and said, "Good, it seems like everyone is here, I'll start now."
Lu Zhou paused for a second and cleared his throat. He then spoke in a serious tone.
"When I was researching the Riemann zeta function using the critical band approximation method, I tried to introduce the concept of differential manifold into the complex plane problem, which is solving the non-trivial zero-point problem.
"I'm sure you guys have already read the complete thesis, so I won't go into unnecessary details here. You guys should be able to see that I didn't only use complex analysis, partial differential equations, and differential sets. The most applied ideas came from algebraic geometry, which is the furthest away from the Riemann function problem. "
Lu Zhou looked at his students and paused for a minute. He gave them a minute to recall the core part of the thesis before he continued.
"In fact, from an abstract point of view, the method I used is to build a bridge between numbers and shapes.
"In my mind, this bridge is very clear, and I can even describe what it looks like. As my students, I believe you guys should be able to understand what I'm talking about. You should at least be able to see the outline of this bridge.
"And that bridge is our goal."
Lu Zhou looked at his muddled students and began to speak in a serious tone.
"From now on, I will give you guys a very important task.
"This task is not only related to your future, but it is also related to the future of Jin Ling University's mathematics department, and it is also related to the future of mathematics … At least for the next hundred years."
Many people had a nervous expression on their faces. Lu Zhou smiled and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Don't worry, I have a rough idea of your abilities. I won't ask you to do anything that's beyond your capabilities, but I hope that you'll put in 120% of your effort to do the work at hand to the best of your abilities. "
"I handed in the opening report a few months ago, so you guys should know what to do. I will explain to you in a bit.
"I will finish this project within the year.
"Unify algebra and geometry!
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